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What Delisting the MEK leads to

From On October 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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The Guardian’s Chris McGreal reports that the Mujahadeen-e Khalq (aka MEK, PMOI and NCRI), which was recently delisted from the State Department’s foreign terrorist organizations list, is now pushing for the Obama administration to recognize it as the “legitimate opposition” to the Iranian government. Fortunately [...]

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MEK Delisting Slap in the face for Average Iranians

From On September 24, 2012 · 1 Comment

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By Leila Kashefi

As everyone knows, since the revolution of 1979, the United States and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) have been BEFs — best enemies forever. While the US occasionally offers its solidarity to the people of Iran and criticizes the regime’s human rights record, its [...]

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Analysts Respond to Expected US Decision to delist MEK from FTO List

From On September 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Jim Lobe and I wrote a report yesterday for IPS News about the expected US decision to delist the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (aka MEK, PMOI and NCRI) from its foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) list. Most analysts we interviewed predicted that the removal would only worsen already abysmal relations with Iran and possibly make [...]

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